Friday, February 27, 2009

I read about this place on VegDC and decidedto try it today.It's located adjacent to a 7-11 and from the outsidedoes not look like the type of place that wouldoffer anything vegan.Inside it is more like an ice cream parlor, butthey do indeed make sandwiches. Plus, therewere homemade vegan molasses cookies forsale at the front register.This is my vegan turkey and cheese sub withlettuce, tomato and avocado. For $7, it comeswith a side of Ruffles and a pickle. The rolltasted as if actually from a local bakery and was nottoo crusty or too much bread. The tomatoes,lettuce and avocado were in top shape. A reallywell made, satisfying delicious sandwich.

************************************For dessert, I went down the road to Natalia'sElegant Creations. There were two veganitems today:Oatmeal Raspberry Barsand Coconut Cupcakes. I bought two of each.Holy Mofo! I dont want to get all freaky butthese were fantastic! I want to have a weddingjust to have a wedding cake made of these coconutcupcakes. GOD BLESS NATALIA and her elegantcreations. The coconut cupcake was literallyheaven on earth!

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

The remainder of my head of Napa Cabbage isstill very fresh after more than two weeks.I've been trying to perfect a stir fry dish tomimic Lotus Vegetarian's Sauteed Noodles.Last night I sauteed about eight chopped Napaleaves, Mushrooms and Scallions in some Sesame Oil...Then I tossed in some Water Chestnuts anddiced Mori-Nu tofu that had I marinated in SoySauce. The whole mess is dumped on SobaNoodles. It's really tasty stuff. Not as goodas Lotus but still good.

I bought a package of this last week thinkingit would be horrible, but wanting to send themessage that there is a market out there forvegan entrees.Today I heated up the entire package inthe oven at 350 degrees for about 25minutes. The two servings in the packagetotal only 240 calories.RUN DO NOT WALK to the nearest TraderJoes and stock up NOW! There's no waysomething this delicious is going to stay onthe shelves at TJ's for very long. They tend toeliminate the best vegan items from theirinventory (sausages, soy balls, tahini, bolognesesauce etc) and based on past experience, I'msure this goody will follow suit as well. Enjoyit while you can.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

For lunch I had the Mediterranean Salad atMcCormick & Schmicks:They left off the feta and tossed it with Oil &Vinegar. It was really well made and high quality

with salty Black Olives and Spicy Peppers.Then I decided to use up the rest of my SoyChorizo for dinner.I made Rachael Ray's Chorizo with Potatoesand Onions.First I sauteed the Chorizo...Then I added the Potatoes, Onions, Paprika,Salt & Pepper. At this point, you're supposedto be able to flip the whole thing in the pan.That didn't work for me, so I baked it in theoven...for a little too long.